Bichrome goods
The modern technical term bichrome goods is used in archaeological research to describe ceramic types from different cultures with a two-tone surface (painting).
In the case of bichrome painting, black paint is usually used on a red coating. This technique differs from “ Black-on-Red-Ware ”, in which black paint is applied directly to the red clay background without another red coating being applied to the clay body beforehand.
Several important production facilities for bichrome ceramics are known. In the late Bronze Age , bichrome ware, mainly krater and mug with a handle, was made in Eastern Cyprus . They were exported in large quantities to Levante , where they were also imitated. The Phoenicians had been producing since the 11th century BC. Chr. Jugs and bowls. Since the 8th century BC The East Phoenician style can also be found in the Phoenician colonies in the Mediterranean west. Under this influence in Spain in the 7th century BC arose An independent bichrome ceramic production.
literature
- Roald F. Docter: Bichrome Ware. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X , Sp. 647 f.
